What kind of UPS did the team end up using, and what was the pin-out of the cable? I have an APC Backups ES and Belkin F6H650, and no cables for either one, and would like to get my systems to shut down gracefully.

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> What kind of UPS did the team end up using, and what was the pin-out of the
> cable? I have an APC Backups ES and Belkin F6H650, and no cables for either
> one, and would like to get my systems to shut down gracefully.

If you google for APCUPSD you'll find a whole lot of information on the various APC units, how they communicate with the world, etc.

It also documents software for *nix, but alot of the info applies generally.

If you're running NT/2K/XP you probably already have the software.

APC cables are readily available on eBay for practically nothing.

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> > What kind of UPS did the team end up using, and what was the pin-out of
> the
> > cable? I have an APC Backups ES and Belkin F6H650, and no cables for
> either
> > one, and would like to get my systems to shut down gracefully.
>
> If you google for APCUPSD you'll find a whole lot of information on the
> various APC units, how they communicate with the world, etc.
>
> It also documents software for *nix, but alot of the info applies generally.
>
> If you're running NT/2K/XP you probably already have the software.
>
> APC cables are readily available on eBay for practically nothing.
>
The cables are also very simple to make, the 'smart' cables are anyway, ironicly, the 'dumb' cables are much more complex; the smart cable for my APC UPS consists of 3 connections at each end, data in, data out and ground/common, the software to run the interface and get all the status info, voltage readouts, and control graceful shutdowns, etc, is downloadable from the APC website for free.

TTFN

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